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SUMMARY:What empirical network analysis could offer to Integrated HPS - Ca
 therine Herfeld (University of Zurich)
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CONTACT:Matt Farr
DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, there has been an increasing tendency in his
 tory of science and philosophy of science to use formal and empirical meth
 ods. Experimental and ethnographic tools\, formal modeling\, simulation te
 chniques\, and computational methods have been applied to study the spread
  of (mis-)information\, the division of cognitive labor\, the historical e
 mergence of research fields\, and the role of human social interaction in 
 knowledge production. While the exact contribution of those methods to bot
 h fields is a matter of debate\, their use has certainly been fueled by an
  abundance of available data relevant to study the development\, the socia
 l organization\, and the procedures of science. In this paper\, I propose 
 that this tendency in both\, philosophy and history of science\, has promi
 sing methodological implications for Integrated History and Philosophy of 
 Science (&HPS). Specifically\, I discuss the usefulness of empirical netwo
 rk analysis\, a quantitative-empirical approach that – so I argue – ha
 s much to offer to &HPS. Empirical network analysis is particularly useful
  for research in &HPS because it has the potential to mitigate a number of
  methodological challenges that arise from using the historical case study
  methodology. However\, while empirical network analysis has more advantag
 es for &HPS than prima facie visible\, it should not replace more traditio
 nal philosophical methods but must rely on them to fully develop its poten
 tials.
LOCATION:Zoom
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